Industry by Professor John Beckett

Raleigh factory, 1920.

Raleigh factory, 1920.

Archival/written

Official 

Official enquiries into mining accidents and major disasters provide a wealth of detail about working practices: Public Record Office, COAL  26, 29, 61, 62, 74-8.

Personal

Notts Living History Archive project publications (Nottinghamshire Archives and Nottinghamshire Local Studies Library) for extensive reminiscences about industrial work in the 20th century.

Administrative/business/economic

Business Records archives for local firms:

Raleigh (Nottinghamshire Archives: reference RN). See:

Textile firms: Nottinghamshire Archives and Nottingham University Manuscripts Department

Players Cigarettes: Nottinghamshire Archives and Nottingham University Manuscripts Department

Coal Board records: PRO COAL, 26, 29, 61, 62, 74-8, and some in Nottinghamshire Archives.